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Custom Script

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

The "Custom Script" Knoc type is simply a script the agent can execute directly on the Agent mach...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Moving from SQLite to PostgreSQL

Admin Guide Maintenance

If you installed Knocknoc Server before version 8.5 (September 2025), your instance is likely usi...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Server installation (on premise)

Admin Guide Setup guides

On a Linux host as Root, execute the below command to setup and install your Knocknoc server. You...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Create users

Admin Guide Setup guides

User creation varies depending on the authentication source in use. "SAML users" are created on-t...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Windows Servers

Admin Guide Use cases

Windows Servers and RDP/WinRM - removing pre-auth attack surface A mid-sized business utilizes R...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Use cases (overview)

Admin Guide Use cases

Knocknoc use cases Knocknoc is extremely versatile and can enable just in time network access co...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Logging

Admin Guide

Logging is important - we love logging. Because of this, we have included an easy to find, follo...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

SaaS deployment

Admin Guide Setup guides

To create a SaaS Server instance (we host it) log in to the licensing portal and follow the promp...

Updated 1 week ago by Ryan

Local Authentication (MFA included)

Admin Guide Authentication

Knocknoc supports local users in addition to SAML/LDAP. Simply add a user, with a username and p...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Adam

v8.5

Changelog and Roadmap

Knocknoc 8.5   Knocknoc 8.5 delivers key improvements in usability, integrations, and security, ...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

High availability

Admin Guide Setup guides

The Knocknoc Server can be deployed in various ways to match your high-availability needs and dep...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

Knocknoc Reverse Proxy

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

The Knocknoc orchestration Agent - which is deployed alongside managed infrastructure (not on des...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

HAProxy + KAT

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

Sometimes IP address restrictions or IP-based allowlisting is not enough, think: airport lounge, ...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

Palo Alto

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

Passive, Active or a combination Passive - Knocknoc's Allowlist features provides a passive inte...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

SAML for the Admin Interface

Admin Guide Authentication

SAML for the admin interface is the same as SAML for the user base with a few very small alterati...

Updated 2 months ago by Adam

Package Repository Key expired

Admin Guide Troubleshooting

Debian distros (Ubuntu etc) If you are getting the this error: Failed to fetch https://packages...

Updated 2 months ago by Dave

BYO PostgreSQL

Admin Guide Setup guides

Knocknoc server v8.5+ installs with a local installation of PostgreSQL by default. However, you m...

Updated 2 months ago by Adam

IPsets with UFW

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

This is an example that lets you use UFW (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UncomplicatedFirewall) and IPse...

Updated 2 months ago by Adam

IPsets with Shorewall

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

This is an example that lets you use Shorewall https://shorewall.org/index.html and IPsets to dyn...

Updated 3 months ago by Adam

Sophos (UTM)

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

The Sophos UTM device provides firewall and UTM capabilities. Note that this series of devices ar...

Updated 3 months ago by Adam